Dr. Steven Dolins, Assistant Professor
195 Bradley Hall
(309) 677-3284
sdolins@bradley.edu
Education
Ph.D, University of Texas at Arlington
MS, Tulane University
BS, Tulane University
BA, Tulane University
Areas of Expertise
Data Warehousing
Data Mining
Medical Informatics
Currently Teaching Courses:
CS 405
CS 609
CIS 607
More information
Dr. Steven B. Dolins joined Bradley University in Fall 2002. He has research interests in data warehousing, data mining, and medical informatics. Prior to joining Bradley University, Dr. Dolins worked for over seventeen years in industry for Hitachi America Inc., ACNielsen, and Texas Instruments Inc. He has co-authored one book and written numerous refereed papers and four patents.
Since joining Bradley University, Dr. Dolins is teaching the database management and file management classes. An important component of his class is working on business problem from industry; he has supervised students working on database projects such as representing provider data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, battery test data for FireFly Energy, membership data for the not for profit Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement.
Dr. Dolins received funding for Faculty/Student Collaboration in Research from Bradley University's Office of Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development and the Dean's office for proposing to work on a project with the Smithsonian Tropical Rainforest Institute.
His outside interest is boogie, blues, jazz, and gospel piano. In addition to playing piano, he also owns his own recording company, The Sirens Records. His label has twelve titles and has been nationally recognized by the Wall Street Journal, NPR's All Things Considered, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, the Year of the Blues Foundation, and the W.C. Handy Awards.
Publications
Books:
Kline, P. & Dolins, S.B. Designing Expert Systems: A Guide to Selecting Implementation Techniques. New York, John Wiley and Sons, July 1989.
Chapters in Books:
Dolins, S.B. & Reese, J.D. Diagnosis in manufacturing: an innovative application and a method for identifying key steps in a process. In Intelligent Processing of Materials, H. Wadley (ed.). Pennsylvania: The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society, 1990.
Blakemore, J., Dolins, S.B., & Thrift, P. A general purpose robotic vehicle simulator, In AI Applied to Simulation, Society for Computer Simulation, Simulation Series, 18, 1, (1986).
Refereed Journals:
Silver, M., Sakata, T., Su, H., Herman, C., Dolins, S., and O' Shea, M. Case Study: How to apply data mining techniques in a healthcare data warehouse. Journal of Healthcare Information Management, 15, 2, (2001).
Dolins, S.B. Analyzing manufacturing processes to determine the placement of diagnostic systems. IEEE Transactions on Components, Hybrids, and Manufacturing Technology, 15, 6, (1992).
Dolins, S.B. & Reese, J.D. A curve interpretation and diagnostic technique for industrial processes. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications, 28, 1, (1992). Also appeared in the Proceedings of The First International Conference on Applications of Industrial Electronics Systems, Jerusalem, Israel, May 1990.
Dolins, S.B., Srivastava, A., and Flinchbaugh, B. Monitoring and diagnosis of plasma etch processes. IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, 1, 1, (1988).
Refereed Conference Proceedings:
Dolins, S.B. Using the balanced scorecard process to compute the value of software applications. 28th International Conference on Software Engineering, Shanghai, China, 2006.
Dolins, S.B. and Kero, R.E. Data management challenges for U.S. healthcare providers. 17th Annual Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) International Conference, Washington D.C., 2006.
Dolins, S.B., Rana, P., Poddar, A., Gupta, N., and Patton, A. Using a data modeling tool in an introduction to databases course. The Seventh IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education, Kauai, HI., 2004.
Kline, P. & Dolins, S.B. Problem features that influence the design of expert systems. Proceedings of the National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-86) Philadelphia, PA., 1986.
Kline, P. & Dolins, S.B. Moving from problems to expert system solutions. Proceedings Westex-86 IEEE Western Conference on Knowledge-Based Engineering and Expert Systems, Anaheim, CA., 1986.
Invited Talks:
Dolins, S.B. Artificial Intelligence and Object-Oriented Technology, Special Interest Group on Object Oriented Technology, Elk Grove Village, IL, May 1992.
Dolins, S.B. & Reese, J.D. Diagnosis in manufacturing: an innovative application and a method for identifying key steps in a process, The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Symposium on Intelligent Processing of Materials, Indianapolis, IN, October 1989.
Unrefereed Publications and Technical Reports:
Dolins, S.B. Analyzing Manufacturing Processes to Determine the Placement of Diagnostic Expert Systems. Ph.D. dissertation, The University of Texas, Arlington, August 1989.
Dolins, S.B. & Reese, J.D. Diagnosis in manufacturing: an innovative application and a method for identifying key steps in a process. (Abstract only) Journal of Materials, July 1989.
Kline, P. & Dolins, S.B. Moving from problems to expert system solutions.TI Engineering Journal, 3, 1, (1986).
Kline, P. & Dolins, S.B. Choosing architectures for expert systems. RADC-TR-85-192, Rome Air Development Center AFB, New York, 13441, Oct. 1985.
Dolins, S.B. Execution of a middle level plan using activation nets. Master Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Tulane University, 1982.
Symposia and Workshops:
Dolins, S.B. and Kero, R.E. The role of AI in building a culture of partnership between patients and providers, AAAI Spring Symposium on Argumentation for Consumers of Healthcare, Stanford, CA., March 2006.
Dolins, S.B., Briggs, K., & Peterson, L. A methodology for applying diagnostics in manufacturing, AAAI Spring Symposium on AI in Manufacturing, Stanford, CA., March 1989.
Dolins, S.B., Srivastava, A., & Flinchbaugh, B. Real-time monitoring of plasma etch processes, AAAI-86 Engineering Workshop on AI for Process and Instrument Monitoring and Control, Philadelphia, PA., August 12, 1986.
Kline, P. & Dolins, S.B. Avoiding search by achieving certainty, 1985 IEEE Workshop on Knowledge Engineering/Expert Systems, Lake Arrowhead, CA., September 4-6, 1985.
Blakemore, J. & Dolins, S.B. An AI application using the compact lisp machine at the battalion tactical operations center, Seminar and Exhibition on Artificial Intelligence Applications to the Battlefield, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, Fort Monmouth, N.J., May 21, 1985.
Blakemore, J. & Dolins, S.B. AI application at the battalion tactical operations center, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Symposium, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Indianapolis, IN., September 12, 1984.